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MALEDICT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Under a curse
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
cursed; curst (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Example:
The bad witch cursed the child
Synonyms:
anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "maledict" is one way to...):
arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
malediction (the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult))
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